http://youtu.be/h2FvzgQx5CU . Gons. GRJ and others, please check this vid for it shows San F'do hill and folks climbing the 320 steps back in the 1950's. Check out the series on Youtube "Time out in Trinidad 1950's, I'm sure that you'll enjoy it. Thanks.
Hey , we must have known each other as kids, Carlyle, I recognized all those names. Patsy Paul , Sitaram, the pandit man with the huge mangoes which we used to thief. I used to be by John Wilkes house when the band was downstairs . Stokely Jack used to be washing his car everyday by the standpipe . Leary was also one of the guys and the Wihby's used to live in the upstairs house on Carib st. I grew up on Coffee St . at Howard Lane, just opposite the old ice factory. The Jordan's lived on Howard Lane. Michael Kowlessar and Dickie Hart lived on Crosby Lane.Great memories bro. Must hook up next time I am home. Blessings.
I am from the Bruce's clan, Valley Prizgar and Llewellyn You are Calling the Names man...getting me goose bumps...yes! See you are doing well. Blessings too you.
Another part of the hill was " The Pleateau", it was by the Presentation College side. It was so flat on top, hence the name it was given. It reminds me of the Chinese student at Pres, they had a shop on Cipero st at the top of Sutton st. He and some friends went up there and one of the guys was fooling around when they were close to the end and was making a joke that he was going to push him over . His intention was to scare him and pull him back but when ahe did push him he tried but couldn't pull him back, so he fell over. He survived but he became a paraplegic . He was an excellent draughts player and I would go to the shop to play against him at five cents a game. I never won but I kept trying. He passed away a few years later. I learnt something from this , never fool around when you are with people . A joke could backfire on you. Blessings.
That Hill represented Food for a lot of san-fernando people It had the largest Yams I have ever seen and they rere very easy to dig up the soil was loose I lived on circular road opposite the gravel Pit (Hasmatali) and (Bobart) with (pickering} next door they owned the gravel Pits at that time We use to Ski down the soft gravel using coconut branch stems after the dinamite stops. I spend a lot of time on that hill we played cricket ,football, and shoot bottles with slingshot in those gravel pit.You talking about mangoes, and Mamisepote aand Carrot Palms and Manicou. That was the hill, there was a dry river up there during heavy rainfalls the dry river becomes full and water will wash away parts of circular road behind Linton Macks house. I can never forget that Hill belve
Hey Carlyle , I think I remember you. Do you know the Blunts and Courtney and Linda Gomes, Winston and Grantley, Oscar Sirju who btw lives in Canada also now? These were all some of my friends from the hill. Blessings.
Well!! I can't see everyone comment and not make my contribution. The Hill was my play ground, I was brave but not brave enough to venture up without my friends. We lived on the top of Upper Hillside and Romain streets. Played football and cricket on gravel pit. Hunted for birds and Iguanas, Bathe in the muddy ponds during the rainy season. See and hear the Trucks moving the gravel down the hills of Upper Hillside and Marryat streets. Climb the hundred steps as we called it. Followed the old trails and made new ones from the Transmitter station to Presentation College in the back of the Borough council. Almost drowned in the old reservoir behind the Borough as well. Mr. Bellamy " Bellies" was the main contractor cutting the Southern side of the hill, he used to cuss us out when we called him that name. He lost one of his sons when he was crushed by a giant mango tree. The hill was my home and I am happy to see the foliage returning to the bare soil. This was over 50 years ago.
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Once upon a time we use to do boil corn picnic on this hill. It was clothed! Great picture!
http://youtu.be/h2FvzgQx5CU . Gons. GRJ and others, please check this vid for it shows San F'do hill and folks climbing the 320 steps back in the 1950's. Check out the series on Youtube "Time out in Trinidad 1950's, I'm sure that you'll enjoy it. Thanks.
Yes Gons,
I am from the Bruce's clan, Valley Prizgar and Llewellyn You are Calling the Names man...getting me goose bumps...yes! See you are doing well. Blessings too you.
That Hill represented Food for a lot of san-fernando people It had the largest Yams I have ever seen and they rere very easy to dig up the soil was loose I lived on circular road opposite the gravel Pit (Hasmatali) and (Bobart) with (pickering} next door they owned the gravel Pits at that time We use to Ski down the soft gravel using coconut branch stems after the dinamite stops. I spend a lot of time on that hill we played cricket ,football, and shoot bottles with slingshot in those gravel pit.You talking about mangoes, and Mamisepote aand Carrot Palms and Manicou. That was the hill, there was a dry river up there during heavy rainfalls the dry river becomes full and water will wash away parts of circular road behind Linton Macks house. I can never forget that Hill belve
Well!! I can't see everyone comment and not make my contribution. The Hill was my play ground, I was brave but not brave enough to venture up without my friends. We lived on the top of Upper Hillside and Romain streets. Played football and cricket on gravel pit. Hunted for birds and Iguanas, Bathe in the muddy ponds during the rainy season. See and hear the Trucks moving the gravel down the hills of Upper Hillside and Marryat streets. Climb the hundred steps as we called it. Followed the old trails and made new ones from the Transmitter station to Presentation College in the back of the Borough council. Almost drowned in the old reservoir behind the Borough as well. Mr. Bellamy " Bellies" was the main contractor cutting the Southern side of the hill, he used to cuss us out when we called him that name. He lost one of his sons when he was crushed by a giant mango tree. The hill was my home and I am happy to see the foliage returning to the bare soil. This was over 50 years ago.
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